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CVE-2023-45322
n/a n/a — libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails.
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U N N H 6.5 .0097 61.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
n/a n/a – —
TIMELINE
Oct 6 Reserved by mitre
Oct 6 Published (CNA: mitre)
Oct 15 ENRICHED — CVE-2023-45322. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD.
Description
libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail."
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| October 6, 2023 | Reserved | Reserved by mitre |
| October 6, 2023 | Published | Published (CNA: mitre) |
| October 15, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2023-45322. Received CVSS 6.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| n/a | n/a | — | n/a | — |
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